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    Transformation: theory and practice in climate change and development

    IDS Reference Database, 2012
    There is growing debate on the need for transformational approaches to tackle the challenges facing development in the face of climate change. If current incremental approaches to preventing dangerous climate change and adapting to the change we are already locked into are insufficient, then more radical approaches may be required.
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    Impact assessment and national adaptation strategy and action plan to address climate change in the tourism sector of Saint Lucia: volume II

    Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2015
    Saint Lucia experiences several stresses with the onset of climate change, issues related to droughts during unusually extended dry periods and significant flooding and subsequent damage from tropical systems have been high on the agenda. 
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    Climate change and the Caribbean: review and response

    Caribbean Studies, 2012
    Caribbean economies, lifestyles, activities, practices and operational cycles are intricately linked to climate, making them vulnerable to its variations and/or changes. As examples, climate extremes impact agriculture, fisheries, health, tourism, water availability, recreation, and energy usage, among other things.
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    The role of private investment in increasing climate friendly technologies in developing countries

    IDS Reference Database, 2009
    This paper contributes to a review examining the responsibilities of developed and developing countries alongside the relative roles of the public and private sector in developing climate friendly technologies. The paper focuses on the private sector's present and future role in driving carbon reductions in developing countries.
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    Climate smart disaster risk management

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010
    Current efforts to reduce the impact of disasters are falling short of the mark. The climate is changing and weather patterns are becoming increasingly extreme and unpredictable (IPCC, 2007). Coupled with other evolving threats to human development, rising disaster risks look set to outpace any progress achieved in promoting resilience under the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
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    Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture

    Nature [journal], 2016
    Climate change is projected to constitute a significant threat to food security if no adaptation actions are taken.
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    Green economy scoping study: Saint Lucia

    United Nations Environment and Development Forum, 2016
    The scoping study recmmends that green toursim is mainstraemed by the Government of Saint Lucia as a crucial part of its drive towards sustainability, suppporting biodiversity and reducing negative impacts on the environemnt.
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    Resilience: the big picture - top themes and trends

    Overseas Development Institute, 2016
    Building resilience – the practice of ‘making people, communities and systems better prepared to withstand catastrophic events (both natural and manmade) and able to bounce back more quickly and emerge stronger fro
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    Technical guidance on choosing targets for reducing natural disaster risk

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    This briefing assesses trends in disaster deaths, economic losses and the impact of disasters on poverty to help Open Working Group (OWG) members to formulate targets that are both politically acceptable and technically robust.
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    Disaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators

    Overseas Development Institute, 2016
    Disasters can hamper economic growth, affect poverty levels and cause human suffering. Without significant action, the extent and impact of economic and social damage associated with disasters will get worse over the next 20 years, largely as a result of growing exposure of people and assets. This has the potential to reverse development progress in hard-hit areas.

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